The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services provides free smoke alarms to families served by the department.
As of August 31, DCFS has distributed 4,312 smoke alarms to families across Illinois, including 897 this year. Illinois law requires every household to have smoke alarms within 15 feet of every bedroom and at least one on each floor of the home.
According to the National Fire Protection Association:
• Three out of five home fire deaths result from fires in properties without working smoke alarms.
• More than one-third (38%) of home fire deaths result from fires in which no smoke alarms are present.
• The risk of dying in a home fire is cut in half in homes with working smoke alarms.
For more information about Fire Prevention Week and fire prevention in general, visit www.fpw.org.
